Nineteen : or compilation box of zines, 2017 - 2018 de HABY, Gracia and JENNISON, Louise [Gracia & Louise]

[North Vitzroy, Victoria, Australia]:: Gracia and Louise,, 2017.. Edition of 6 + 1 AP. 8 x 4.75"; 8 pages. Concertina structure. Inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm. Covers mounted on gold-trimmed board. Housed in a printed slipcase on 225gsm Buffalo board. Covers and pages printed by Arten. Slipcase printed by Bambra Press. Bound by Louise Jennison. Numbered, dated, and initialed by artists. This is the second in the Looped series of five books. Each book stands alone but together they weave a tale. Each book has a scene/a story printed on the exterior of the slipcase. The accordion book carries the imagery created for the written narrative. The effect that man has had on the environment is a continuing theme in this series of books. The narrative speaks of the ebb and flow of the sea, washing away and then leaving behind. Walking through the debris the writer says "As I had slept, Atlantis rose, or so it seemed. Bringing with it a band of subterranean garden-hose sea… Leer más

[North Vitzroy, Victoria, Australia]:: Gracia and Louise,, 2017.. Edition of 6 + 1 AP. 8 x 4.75"; 8 pages. Concertina structure. Inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm. Covers mounted on gold-trimmed board. Housed in a printed slipcase on 225gsm Buffalo board. Covers and pages printed by Arten. Slipcase printed by Bambra Press. Bound by Louise Jennison. Numbered, dated, and initialed by artists. A Warmed pebble in My Hand" is book 5 in a series of five artists' books from 2017 by Gracia Haby and Louise Jennison. Each in the series are eight page concertinas in an edition of 6.  Each book stands alone but together they weave a tale. Each book has a scene/a story printed on the exterior of the slipcase. The accordion book carries the imagery created for the written narrative.  The text hints at intimacy and wilderness. The accordion then extends to bring us to statuary and stone. What world is this? The reader is given the opportunity to weave their own… Leer más

[North Vitzroy, Victoria, Australia]:: Gracia and Louise,, 2017.. Edition of 6 + 1 AP. 8 x 4.75"; 8 pages. Concertina structure. Inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm. Covers mounted on gold-trimmed board. Housed in a printed slipcase on 225gsm Buffalo board. Covers and pages printed by Arten. Slipcase printed by Bambra Press. Bound by Louise Jennison. Numbered, dated, and initialed by artists I think all the world is falling" is the first in the Looped series. The overall theme of this series seems to be our relationship to our environment, to nature, to the world at large. This first book in the series begins with a quote from "Kylling Kluk" (1823) by J. Mathia Thiele which is also the title of this first book - "I think all the world is falling." We imagine Chicken Little from this fairy tale running around thinking the sky is falling because a nut hit him on the head. That was long ago, perhaps now we are creating the 'nuts' that are falling all… Leer más

[North Vitzroy, Victoria, Australia]:: Gracia and Louise,, 2017.. Edition of 6 + 1 AP. 8 x 4.75"; 8 pages. Concertina structure. Inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm. Covers mounted on gold-trimmed board. Housed in a printed slipcase on 225gsm Buffalo board. Covers and pages printed by Arten. Slipcase printed by Bambra Press. Bound by Louise Jennison. Numbered, dated, and initialed by artists. This is the third in the Looped series of five books. Each book stands alone but together they weave a tale. Each book has a scene/a story printed on the exterior of the slipcase. The accordion book carries the imagery created for the written narrative. As with the others in this series man’s role in the scheme of the universe, particularly on earth, is considered. As the moon rolls in front of the sun creating an eclipse the writer says that “nature feels unordered, unexpected, even animalistic.” Man is but “a tiny tiny speck.”

[North Vitzroy, Victoria, Australia]:: Gracia and Louise,, 2016.. Edition of 10. 9.5 x 8" loose leaves; 11 (1 title + 10). 10 individual woodblock engravings by Louise Jennison and 10 unique state collage with pencil and paint additions by Gracia Haby. On Fabriano Artistico 640gsm traditional white hot-press paper. Housed in a black linen Solander box with inlaid print and collage. Bound by Louise Jennison. Numbered. Gracia & Louise: "Because I Like You is based on the concept of a love letter to ten mammals. Each of the edition is housed in a black fabric Solander box with inlaid windows featuring one of the ten mammals enclosed. Each page has one mammal lemonwood block print portrait and one mirrored original collage of the portrayed mammal. The mammals featured range from a Greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) to a Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) by way of a Royal antelope (Neotragus pygmaeus) and a gruff Polar bear (Ursus maritimus). "This artists’ book has been over a… Leer más